Hi Dave,
I finally got around to trying out the manual tool change file
you put in the wiki. Sorry to say I'm not having much luck with it.
Now, EMC2 will not start up. An error box appears with references
to the hal_manualtoolchange file.
The first time it happened, the error log referenced an error in a string
literal on line 53.
I was able to fix this by putting the back-slashes in there proper place at the
end of the lines.
Somehow, they got moved around in the file you uploaded.
Then I tried running EMC2 again. Now it's showing errors on lines 12 and 65.
Here are the errors:
********************************************
Debug file information:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/hal_manualtoolchange", line 12, in <module>
iniFile.find("EMC", "NML_FILE"))
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/posixpath.py", line 65, in join
if b.startswith('/'):
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'
New_Sherline_Mill.hal:93: hal_manualtoolchange exited without becoming ready
*********************************************************
I hope someone can figure out why it's not working, because it
sounds like a very useful enhancement to EMC2. I'm not familiar with
HAL or Python, or else I would have a go at it.
Thanks,
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Zampini" <zampi...@cox.net>
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question
> Thanks, Dave. I'll give it a try and report my results.
> Tony
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave" <e...@dc9.tzo.com>
> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question
>
>
>>I just included it in the Wiki. I was going to do this a while ago ...
>> but like other things..
>>
>> Here is the link:
>> http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ManualToolChangeMacro
>>
>> I included it on the main wiki page - look for "tool change"
>>
>> I believe this is accurate. Several people have used, or actively use
>> this, and I haven't heard of any issues with it.
>> I have not used it myself yet. But I could see where it could be very
>> useful in certain circumstances.
>>
>> Give it a try and let us know how it turns out.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On 3/11/2012 11:31 AM, Tony Zampini wrote:
>>> Hi Steve,
>>>
>>> I made a valiant effort to try to find Les Newell's manual toolchange
>>> macro
>>> fix,
>>> but was unable to fine it. Could you please send it to me? I'd appreciate
>>> it very much.
>>>
>>> Also, I'm not an EMC2 expert, so a brief explanation of how to install it
>>> would also be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tony
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Steve Blackmore"<st...@pilotltd.net>
>>> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"<emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 6:16 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Tool change question
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:58:10 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I just made my first PC board using EMC2 and my Sherline mill.
>>>>> I was surprised at how nice it came out.
>>>>>
>>>>> One issue came up, however, during the drilling phase. When EMC2
>>>>> paused for the tool changes, I didn't see a way to touch off the Z axis
>>>>> after installing a new drill bit. Is there a way to use "touch off"
>>>>> while
>>>>> the tool change dialog box is being displayed?
>>>>>
>>>> Yep - there's Les Newell's manual toolchange macro fix. Allows jogging
>>>> and touch off during a toolchange pause. Dunno whether it ever got
>>>> accepted for inclusion though? If you can't find it contact me off list.
>>>>
>>>> Steve Blackmore
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